ORBITALS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY, PART III: CONSEQUENCES FOR TEACHING
In Part III of this series, we undertake a critique of the nature of application of orbitals to describe or to explain the structure and the binding within molecules and materials. Teaching orbitals in introductory chemistry presents five dilemmas that cannot be easily resolved. We thus conclude, ba...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2021-05-01
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Series: | Química Nova |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422021000300355&tlng=en |